UCI BMX Crowns First 2010 World Champs

Around 3AM Eastern Time, the UCI BMX World Championships kicked off in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (where it was 9AM). Today, qualifiers and main events were held for the 13-Under challenge classes (boys and girls)–meaning we already have a bunch of new world champions in BMX Racing, three of whom are from the United States.

Information is seeping over to the states via a variety of sources, Pete Dylewski among them, from whom we swiped the above photo of new 11 Boys World Champ, Bubba Gonzales. Also, Jeff Glynn is doing his best to rock the Twitter updates in between being a Team USA coach (follow USA_BMX). And the Vintage thread where Mike Fields is reporting his “man on the ground” experiences is where you’ll get the local flavor, aside from the black & white “who won” detail.

On Day One, Team USA scored three W1 plates (Julian Dittrick in 8 Boys, Bubba Gonzales (above) in 11 Boys, and Collin Hudson in 13 Boys). Amakye Anderson got second in 7 Boys, Wyatt Bell and Matt Sterling got third and fourth, respectively in 8 Boys. Cody Paulson was a main maker in 9 boys, with a W8, and Max Burhenn got 4th in 10 Boys. There were no girls from the United States in any of the day one main events.

Aside from that action, the Elite Women did their practice, but it got truncated by light rain. Racing down an SX hill is extreme enough, without “slip & slide mode” enabled.

More news from the 2010 UCI BMX World Championships as it develops, so keep it here, and on VintageBMX.com

Meanwhile, here are a few resources for you to check out:

Mike Fields’ “Welcome to the Worlds” thread on VintageBMX.com

Jeff Glynn “@USA_BMX” Twitter Page

Pete Dylewski “@doubleapete” Twitter Page

Freecaster.tv will be Webcasting the Elite Classes live, beginning Saturday morning around 6:30AM Eastern Time.

Results of the 13-Under Challenge Classes

Thanks to Pete Dylewski for the photo, via Tweetphoto